Sentences with phrase «plainfin midshipman»

The two other high - achievers on this panel, addressing an auditorium full of Navy midshipmen as well as retired Navy officers, were Senator Barbara Mikulski (D - MD), the longest serving woman in Congress, and Ellen Lord, CEO of Textron Systems (txt).

The logic: Navy has one of the strongest teams they've had in recent memory, but Virginia should be stronger at most positions in this game, and has a vertical threat that could potentially torch the Midshipmen.

After graduating the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, he was appointed as a midshipman in the Navy.

The future television host and comedian joined the US Navy in 1943, starting as an apprentice shipman and eventually becoming a midshipman assigned to the USS Pennsylvania in the Pacific Ocean.

The future television host and comedian joined the US Navy in 1943, starting as an apprentice shipman and eventually a midshipman assigned to the USS Pennsylvania in the Pacific Ocean.

Whether you're an active - duty serviceperson, a veteran, a member of the National Guard, a Reservist or surviving spouse of a veteran; or if you're a cadet at the U.S. Military, Air Force or Coast Guard Academy, midshipman at the U.S. Naval Academy or officer at the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, you may be eligible for a VA loan.

To me the most moving moment in the worship of the midshipmen came when, at the close of the service, the color - bearers entered the chancel to get the flags — the flag of the corps and the flag of the nation — and then turned in solemn silence toward the altar and dipped the colors before the cross, as though to say that above all earthly devotions there is in this universe One to whom our supreme loyalty belongs, and that the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.

Spicy Avocado «Mayonnaise «European sailors in the 1700s called this «midshipman's butter» because they liked to spread it on hardtack biscuits.

You can impress your friends with historical information by telling them that avocados were called «midshipman's butter» by old Spanish sailors.

European sailors in the 1700s called this «midshipman's butter» because they liked to spread it on hardtack biscuits.

He has certainly achieved that with his record - shattering performances in his time as a Midshipmen.

But in a little over three years as the Midshipman's offensive leader, Reynolds has had plenty of opportunities to make his case as one of the best in college football.

Navy -3.5 / -4: The Midshipmen actually closed at -1.5, but any early bettors were stung when they gave up a 34 - 11 2nd half lead to win 43 - 40.

A tiny upset in isolation — the Irish were terrible, going without an AP ranking at any point for the first time in 43 years — but it'd been that same number of years since the Midshipmen had beaten ND, the longest rivalry streak in college football history.

When it comes to service - academy football we prefer the 1966 view of Lyndon Johnson, as expressed in a message to the Midshipmen and Cadets in the Army - Navy game program last year: «The courage and the confidence of this gridiron battle are the same courage and confidence which win our common battles on foreign fronts....

The University of Maryland has appeared in four of the five finals, and the Midshipmen and the Terps are the only two teams that have been selected for all five tournaments.

The Midshipmen could only blame themselves for not getting closer.

According to a report from ESPN's Joe Schad, the Navy Midshipmen will join the Big East as football - only members in 2015.

Ahead for Midshipman Kane lay a distinguished career of duty well done — as fighter pilot, fighter group leader and Pacific war ace, as postwar skipper of the carrier Saipan — until the day, last February, when the electrical system of his TV - 2 jet failed and he crashed to his death.

Navy Last fall the Midshipmen followed a 4 - 2 start — their best beginning since» 81 — with five consecutive defeats.

The Midshipmen won a game in 2011 without completing a pass, as did Monken's GSU against Florida in 2013.

Niumatalolo was the Midshipmen's head coach for those three wins.

Niumatalolo has taken the Midshipmen to five bowls in six years, and he has a 10 - win season and two 9 - win seasons two his name.

The Midshipmen (5 - 4) needed that heart all afternoon.

Then, just as he had done in Annapolis — where in nine seasons he became the Midshipmen's alltime wins leader (55 -46-1)-- Welsh imposed his will on Charlottesville.

About the only bright spot forthe Demon Deacons (3 — 1, 1 — 0) was punter - placekicker Sam Swank, who leadsDivision I - A with 13 field goal attempts and is tied for first with 10 makes; he pinned the Midshipmen inside their own five - yard line on three of his fourpunts.

The Midshipmen (one of whose midfielders, Nick Lockwood, is shown above) «play tough teams, but are always losing by a goal.»

St. 63 - 24 last week, Air Force invades Navy territory as slight underdogs against the well - rested Midshipmen (they didn't play last week).

I'm sure you'll have to argue this point with the more than 7,000 midshipmen and cadets, not to mention the thousands of football fans who attend the game and millions more who watch it on television.

RAY RITCHEY Midshipman Fourth Class Annapolis, Md..

In a day and age when traditions seem to pass by the wayside, especially on our college campuses, due respect should be given to this nationally famous rivalry that has existed since 1890, when the fighting Midshipmen trounced the Cadets 24 - 0.

At each one of our contributing sportsbooks, the Midshipmen are getting very lopsided action, and the line has dropped from the opener of +6.5 at CRIS and +5 at Pinnacle.

The Buckeyes survived a tough Midshipmen team, but the Big Ten favorites showed their flaws along the way.

This reminds me of one of my favorite box scores: Navy's 13 - 10 win over Wake Forest, in which the Midshipmen went 0 - for - 0 passing with two sacks.

In 2016, when the Midshipmen lost an all - timer at QB, Keenan Reynolds, and much of their defense, they fell all the way... to nine wins.

Sure, the Midshipmen aren't playing a Big Ten schedule, but in the last two seasons they've beaten Notre Dame, Pitt, and two top - 15 teams (Houston in 2016, Memphis in 2015).

Two of the Midshipmen would be killed in action.

The Midshipmen made seven trips inside MTSU's 40, six if you don't include the clock - eating drive to end the game.

The season started for the Midshipmen looking like it was going to be another wasted year.

At 9:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Dec. 23, the Navy Midshipmen and San Diego State Aztecs clash in the Poinsettia Bowl in San Diego.

But Navy's scoring average fell by nearly two touchdowns per game in 1998, and the Midshipmen went 3 - 8.

Despite the recruiting disadvantages that come with a service academy, Niumatalolo has taken the Midshipmen to six bowls in seven seasons since succeeding mentor and Georgia Tech head coach Paul Johnson.

(This is also when Navy saved Notre Dame as an institution, a favor the Irish repay by continuing to play the Midshipmen every year.

The wise guys are solidly on Colorado St.. The public is favoring the Midshipmen by a 3:1 ratio.

At 10 a.m., Queens Councilman and potential 2017 NYC mayoral candidate Eric Ulrich joins the Zemser family for a street co-naming ceremony in honor of Midshipman Justin Zemser who died in the 2015 Amtrak crash, Beach Channel Drive and Seaside Avenue, Rockaway Park, Queens.

To address widespread complaints of sexual misconduct at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand today will propose more training, a better reporting system and giving midshipmen at sea satellite phones to call for help if sexually abused.

Gillibrand will propose that the academy give each midshipman on a vessel at sea a satellite communications device so they can report sexual assaults.

WASHINGTON — To address widespread complaints of sexual misconduct at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on Tuesday will propose more training, a better reporting system and giving midshipmen at sea satellite phones to call for help if sexually abused.

«The academy is stuck in a no man's land and the midshipmen are the ones who are suffering the consequences,» Gillibrand said.

When he was a midshipman, Beaufort began making weather reports every two hours rather than the standard 12 - to 24 - hour span.